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Rebuffing then-President Donald Trump, Fauci downplays the possibility of a lab leak, saying the virus’ “mutations” are “totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human.”}}
Rebuffing then-President Donald Trump, Fauci downplays the possibility of a lab leak, saying the virus’ “mutations” are “totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human.”}}
Former [[CDC]] director Robert R. Redfield, Jr., a lifelong virologist who served as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director under the [[Trump Administration]], suggested in March 2021 during an interview with [[CNN]] that COVID-19 could have originated from a lab.<ref>Eustachewich, Lia (March 26, 2021). [https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/ex-cdc-director-believes-covid-19-came-from-wuhan-lab/ Ex-CDC Director Robert Redfield believes COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref> Fauci dismissed the allegations as merely being "opinion."<ref name=faucismtimeline/> Two months later, Fauci told Katie Sanders of [[PolitiFact]] regarding the notion COVID-19 naturally emerged:<ref>Dunleavy, Jon (May 22, 2021). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fauci-no-longer-confident-covid-19-emerged-naturally Fauci no longer confident COVID-19 emerged naturally]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref><ref name=fauciflipflop>Bernstein, Brittany (May 25, 2021). [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fauci-flip-flops-on-lab-leak-theory-highly-likely-covid-19-originated-naturally/ar-AAKloXm Fauci Flip Flops on Lab Leak Theory: ‘Highly Likely’ COVID-19 Originated Naturally]. ''National Review'' via ''MSN''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref>
Former [[CDC]] director Robert R. Redfield, Jr., a lifelong virologist who served as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director under the [[Trump Administration]], suggested in March 2021 during an interview with [[CNN]] that COVID-19 could have originated from a lab:<ref>Eustachewich, Lia (March 26, 2021). [https://nypost.com/2021/03/26/ex-cdc-director-believes-covid-19-came-from-wuhan-lab/ Ex-CDC Director Robert Redfield believes COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|I do not believe this somehow came from a bat to a human and at that moment in time, that the virus came to the human, became one of the most infectious viruses that we know in humanity for human-to-human transmission.}}
Fauci dismissed the comments as merely being "opinion."<ref name=faucismtimeline/> Two months later, Fauci told Katie Sanders of [[PolitiFact]] regarding the notion COVID-19 naturally emerged:<ref>Dunleavy, Jon (May 22, 2021). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fauci-no-longer-confident-covid-19-emerged-naturally Fauci no longer confident COVID-19 emerged naturally]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref><ref name=fauciflipflop>Bernstein, Brittany (May 25, 2021). [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fauci-flip-flops-on-lab-leak-theory-highly-likely-covid-19-originated-naturally/ar-AAKloXm Fauci Flip Flops on Lab Leak Theory: ‘Highly Likely’ COVID-19 Originated Naturally]. ''National Review'' via ''MSN''. Retrieved October 9, 2021.</ref>
{{cquote|No, actually. ... No, I’m not convinced about that. I think that we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we find out to the best of our ability exactly what happened.
{{cquote|No, actually. ... No, I’m not convinced about that. I think that we should continue to investigate what went on in China until we find out to the best of our ability exactly what happened.